<ul><li>Researchers from Graz University of Technology and the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in India are working on a bioengineered solution to replace animal testing in cosmetics experiments.</li><li>They are developing artificial 'skin' made of 3D-printed hydrogel layers held together by living human cells, which can mimic human skin accurately enough to test the effects of cosmetics and potentially other substances.</li><li>The artificial 'skin' could also have applications in drug testing and wound healing.</li><li>This development could help put an end to the inhumane practice of animal testing, which is estimated to cause around 500,000 animal deaths or suffering globally each year.</li></ul>

3D-printed ‘skin’ could make testing cosmetics on animals obsolete

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